Re: DateBk a deal-breaker for iPhone/iPad migration

No, and yes. Not datebk6, but CESD has said that he will be putting 
pimlical on Android. When? Unknown.


c wrote:
> Larry do I undertand you correctly, Datebook6 will work on the
> Android? If this is true, I now know what to buy to replace my aging
> Treo.
> 
> --- In [email protected], Larry Finch <finches@...>
> wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Matt Agajanian <gulmatan@...>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all.
>>> 
>>> I had a very fascinating discussion with a friend of mine. 
>>> Unfortunately as an iCal/iPhoneOS loyal, he just couldn't grasp
>>> why DateBk6 is so much more robust versatile than the Apple
>>> approach.  In so doing, he thought that transferring DateBk6 data
>>> was just a simple matter of just cutting & pasting the data that
>>> would link entries together.  How naive was that?!  Anyway, in
>>> true salesman and Apple devotee fashion, he was trying to sell me
>>> on how although (yes, another naive statement) the DateBk6 market
>>> is slim to minimal, it doesn't mandate that Apple change its
>>> philosophies so as a DateBk or PimliCal can have access to PIM
>>> data where the iPhone is involved. It just seems that Apple's
>>> gonna stranglehold YOUR OWN PIM data with the way they want it
>>> handled because, although it's your data, an iPhone/iPad is
>>> involved.  So, to them and to my friend, it seems reasonable that
>>> Apple has say on what to do with your data.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, like I said, my friend didn't realise that the Pimlico/ 
>>> DateBk6/PimliCal client/user base is substantial and because he 
>>> thinks we are a small minority, Apple doesn't need to adjust so
>>> as to allow PimliCal or DateBk to be developed for iPhoneOS
>>> 
>>> We then got into a discussion on even though PalmOS is gone, at
>>> least there's 'Classic' by MotionApps.  I then told him that,
>>> because of that and, for us, PalmOS lives on and I can STILL run
>>> DateBk6 on a Pre, that iPad option is not sounding any better
>>> than a Pre or, at most extreme, a reconditioned Palm T|X should
>>> my old one become unusable.
>>> 
>>> Have i missed something here that I should have explained to him?
>>>  Further, isn't our DateBk6, PimliCal, Pimlico Software
>>> client/user base much more substantial than my friend seems to
>>> think?
>>> 
>>> Matt
>>> 
>> It depends on what you mean by "substantial". At its peak several
>> years ago CESD said there were over 3 million registered datebkX
>> users. Compared to 75 million iPhones, that may not be substantial
>> in Apple's view.
>> 
>> But 3 million additional apps that apple would make about $7 each
>> on might make it interesting for Apple. Especially if some of those
>> 3 million will buy an iPhone instead of a Pre or Android.
>> 
>> BTW, an associate just got a Pre. nifty device, and, with the
>> touchstone charger (no connection required) it's rather space-agey.
>> But battery life is worse than the iPhone (if that's possible).
>> 
>> best, Larry --


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